A New Kuznetsian Dynamic: The Knowledge Economy and Income Inequality in the United States, 1917–2008

The rise of the knowledge economy resulted in higher levels of income inequality in the United States and forced many to question the Kuznets Inverted‐U hypothesis. However, this study argues that the establishment of a knowledge economy does not negate the importance of employment shifts for income inequality. Instead, the expansion of knowledge employment alters the major sectors that are responsible for the overall distribution of income. To this end, this article presents the key argument that the current service–knowledge transition impacts income inequality trends, of today, in a way that is similar to the agricultural–industrial transition, of the past. According to the autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity regressions, the agricultural–industrial transition returns stronger associations with income inequality in the United States before 1950. The agricultural–industrial transition's impact diminishes thereafter as the service–knowledge transition shares a more robust association with income inequality after 1980.     

Till Death Do Us Part: Marital Status and U.S. Mortality Trends, 1986 – 2000

Although the association of being married and a lower mortality rate has been well established, most previous research on marital status and mortality did not consider potential change in this relationship over time. In this study, I adopted a survey cohort perspective to examine both overall and cause‐specific mortality trends by marital status from 1986 to 2000 in the United States. On the basis of data from the National Health Interview Survey‐Longitudinal Mortality Follow‐up (N = 517,314), I found that mortality generally decreased or remained stable for the married from the 1986 to 2000 NHIS cohort, except for diabetes deaths. There is evidence showing divergent mortality trends between the married and unmarried, especially the widowed. Race and gender variations are examined.     

改革开放以来吉林青年价值观变迁轨迹与发展趋向

随着中国改革开放的不断深入，吉林青年的价值观也发生了深刻的变化。吉林青年价值观变迁历经震动反思、冲突徘徊、追寻自我价值、重新整合等几个阶段，从其展示的变化中总体上可以预见与把握吉林青年价值观发展的．趋向。     

"新全球化时代"资本主义文明的矛盾与趋势

在"新全球化时代",资本主义文明的矛盾进一步扩展与深化,即由单一性矛盾和危机向综合性矛盾和危机发展,社会主体自身的"文明矛盾"更加凸现,由民族-国家范围的矛盾转化为全球性的矛盾,由损害当下文明的矛盾向危及人类文明根基的"生态文明危机"演进,而这一切又引起文明发展规律的重大变化,开拓着向更高类型文明即社会主义和共产主义文明转型的广阔道路.     

From Birth to Death: A Social Monitoring Framework from New Zealand

The paper begins by outlining the development of social indicators work and social monitoring at the national level in New Zealand and comments on how this relates to the international movement. It describes the 'key' indicators/life stage approach developed by the New Zealand Planning Council in the early 1980s. This exercise continues from a university base and the fourth report in the series, entitled Tracking Social Change in New Zealand was published in early 1998. Examples are presented to show how the results can be used to highlight the policy implications of changing social trends.     

义和团时期的清流派

徐桐、载漪等人深受儒家经典影响,忧国忧民,廉洁奉公,堪称良吏。但是,对已经发生巨变的国际局势并不了解,认为学习外国先进技术、先进思想,就是离经叛道,将导致亡国灭种。他们的思想,落后于不断前进的时代潮流,终于被时代所淘汰。     

马克思恩格斯论社会文化思潮

马克思恩格斯运用历史唯物主义观点和方法研究文艺思潮,对唯心主义思辨哲学通过宣扬自我意识和绝对理念所表现出来的错误的历史观念、封建主义和封建社会主义所宣扬的滞后的倒退的历史观念、空想社会主义文化思潮所宣扬的超前的虚幻的历史观念和教条主义的社会文化思潮所宣扬的各种时空错位的历史观念等进行了深刻的解析,对推动历史发展,弘扬历史精神和时代精神,具有深刻的指导意义。     

当代青年的理想状况及教育对策

青年理想教育是关系民族兴亡、社会主义事业后继有人的教育工程。从当代青年理想的主观状况和客观环境出发,应当把当代青年理想教育与政治教育相统一,把当代青年理想教育与法治教育、道德教育相统一,把当代青年理想教育与社会主义观教育相统一。     

Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services: How Consumer Access Is Restricted by State Policies

State Medicaid programs have expanded home and community-based services (HCBS). This article compares trends and variations in state policies for Medicaid HCBS programs in 2005 and 2010. State limitations on financial eligibility criteria and service benefits have remained stable. Although the use of consumer direction, independent providers, and family care providers has increased, some states do not have these options. The increased adoption of state cost control policies have led to large increases in persons on waiver wait lists. Access could be improved by standardizing and liberalizing state HCBS policies, but state fiscal concerns are barriers to rebalancing between HCBS and institutional services.